Penserra Capital Management LLC Raises Position in Synopsys, Inc. $SNPS

Penserra Capital Management LLC increased its stake in Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) by 79.0% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 72,662 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after buying an additional 32,080 shares during the quarter. Penserra Capital Management LLC’s holdings in Synopsys were worth $35,847,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Strengthening Families & Communities LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Synopsys by 3,105.7% in the 3rd quarter. Strengthening Families & Communities LLC now owns 6,187 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $3,057,000 after acquiring an additional 5,994 shares during the last quarter. Hartford Investment Management Co. grew its holdings in Synopsys by 16.3% during the 3rd quarter. Hartford Investment Management Co. now owns 10,844 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $5,350,000 after purchasing an additional 1,523 shares during the last quarter. Cornerstone Planning Group LLC raised its position in Synopsys by 143.1% in the 3rd quarter. Cornerstone Planning Group LLC now owns 124 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $61,000 after purchasing an additional 73 shares during the period. Pettee Investors Inc. purchased a new stake in Synopsys in the 3rd quarter worth about $379,000. Finally, Nichols & Pratt Advisers LLP MA lifted its stake in Synopsys by 30.1% in the third quarter. Nichols & Pratt Advisers LLP MA now owns 16,991 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock worth $8,383,000 after purchasing an additional 3,930 shares during the last quarter. 85.47% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities research analysts recently issued reports on SNPS shares. Bank of America raised Synopsys from an “underperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and decreased their price target for the stock from $525.00 to $500.00 in a research note on Monday, December 8th. Citigroup initiated coverage on Synopsys in a research report on Monday, November 24th. They set a “buy” rating and a $580.00 target price for the company. Morgan Stanley boosted their target price on shares of Synopsys from $510.00 to $550.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, December 12th. Rosenblatt Securities upgraded shares of Synopsys from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and cut their price target for the stock from $605.00 to $560.00 in a report on Tuesday, December 9th. Finally, KeyCorp raised their price target on shares of Synopsys from $575.00 to $600.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, December 11th. Nine equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $553.57.

Synopsys Stock Performance

SNPS stock opened at $419.14 on Wednesday. Synopsys, Inc. has a one year low of $365.74 and a one year high of $651.73. The firm has a market cap of $80.19 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 52.46, a PEG ratio of 3.81 and a beta of 1.12. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.48, a quick ratio of 1.52 and a current ratio of 1.62. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $478.95 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $499.03.

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, December 10th. The semiconductor company reported $2.90 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.79 by $0.11. Synopsys had a return on equity of 7.89% and a net margin of 18.89%.The firm had revenue of $2.25 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.25 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $3.40 EPS. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 37.8% on a year-over-year basis. Synopsys has set its FY 2026 guidance at 14.320-14.400 EPS and its Q1 2026 guidance at 3.520-3.580 EPS. On average, equities analysts forecast that Synopsys, Inc. will post 10.64 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Transactions at Synopsys

In other Synopsys news, CFO Shelagh Glaser sold 3,657 shares of Synopsys stock in a transaction dated Friday, December 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $460.77, for a total transaction of $1,685,035.89. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 17,842 shares in the company, valued at approximately $8,221,058.34. This trade represents a 17.01% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Also, insider Janet Lee sold 250 shares of Synopsys stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, January 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $530.00, for a total value of $132,500.00. Following the transaction, the insider owned 11,959 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,338,270. This represents a 2.05% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders sold 4,157 shares of company stock worth $1,945,036 over the last three months. Corporate insiders own 0.62% of the company’s stock.

About Synopsys

Synopsys, Inc is a leading provider of electronic design automation (EDA) software and semiconductor intellectual property (IP) used to design, verify and manufacture integrated circuits and complex systems-on-chip (SoCs). Its product portfolio spans tools and technologies for front‑end design and synthesis, simulation and verification, physical implementation and signoff, and design-for-manufacturability, enabling chip designers to move from architecture through tape‑out.

In addition to core EDA offerings, Synopsys supplies a broad set of semiconductor IP building blocks — such as interface, memory and analog/mixed-signal cores — that customers integrate into SoCs to accelerate development.